switch-hitter

plural switch-hitters · alternative switch hitter

1. ball gamesA person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter.

   The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing.

   1961, National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States, American Football Coaches Association, Athletic Journal, volume 46, page 23

2. ball gamesA batsman who performs switch-hits.
3. slanglifestyleA person who has sex with both male and female partners.

   I met this fat, balding, bisexual 'switch-hitter'— that was his word, 'switch-hitter'— and he was my first experience."

   1983, Edmund White, States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, page 218

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   The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. […] Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?

   2010, Paul Bouchard, A Package at Gitmo, page 78

   Synonyms: bisexual